Akinfiy Nikitich Demidov (1678 – 5 August 1745) was a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n industrialist of the Demidov

Demidov

The Demidov family, also Demidoff, were an influential Russian merchant, industrialist and later chivalry family, possibly second only to the Tsar himself in wealth during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.-History:...

 family.

Life

He was the eldest son of Nikita Demidov

Nikita Demidov

Nikita Demidov was a Russian industrialist who founded the Demidov industrial dynasty....

 and increased the family fortune, raising it to one of Russia's most important industrial dynasties. He set up at least 9 steel foundries and munitions factories from 1717 to 1735, and had 25 by his death. He also created iron and copper mines in the Urals and Western Siberia to supply them and mines for precious and semi-precious stones, silver and gold. He commissioned the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk

Leaning Tower of Nevyansk

The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk is a tower in the town of Nevyansk in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, built in the 18th century. Its construction was funded by Peter the Great’s associate and a famous Russian manufacturer Akinfiy Demidov .The height of the tower is 57.5 m from the ground and the...

, with its underground rooms and secret routes towards one of his factories. Tsar Peter the Great rewarded his services by making him a hereditary nobleman, as he also did with Akinfiy's brothers. By the end of his life Akinfiy was the richest man bar the Tsar. In 1734 he founded the Nicholas-Zaretsky Church

Nicholas-Zaretsky Church

The Nicholas-Zaretsky Church is a church in Tula in Russia. It contains the family vault of the Demidov family of industrialists...

 at Tula

Tula, Russia

Tula is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population: -History:...

. His three children were:

• Prokofi Akinfiyevich Demidov (1710-1786);
• Grigory Akinfiyevich Demidov (1715-1761);
• Nikita Akinfiyevich Demidov
  Nikita Akinfiyevich Demidov
  Nikita Akinfiyevich Demidov was a Russian industrialist and arts patron.He was the younger son of Akinfiy Demidov, brother of Prokofi Demidov and father of Nikolai Demidov....
  
  (1724-1789).

External links

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